R.C. v. Independent School District No. 2 of Osage County, Oklahoma, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an education law theory.



This case involves an alleged sexual assault by a four-year old student against another four-year old student in a school bathroom. The following facts alleged in the First Amended Complaint ("FAC") (ECF No. 7) are relevant to the § 1983 claim against Madison.[1] For the 2022-2023 school year, minor Plaintiff R.C. ("Plaintiff") was a pre-kindergarten student at District's Indian Camp Elementary School ("ICES"), which is located in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Plaintiff's homeroom teacher for the year was Hunter Bigsoldier ("Bigsoldier"). As of September 2022, Bigsoldier was out temporarily on maternity leave. Lindsey Long ("Long") served as Plaintiff's long-term substitute homeroom teacher for approximately the first two months of the school year. Madison, who is the only named individual defendant, was a substitute teacher for Long on the day of the event giving rise to this lawsuit. At relevant times, Blayne Shuping ("Shuping") was the principal of ICES, and she still serves in that role.





On or around August 26, 2022, C.C., a female pre-k student,[2] climbed under and entered a bathroom stall while B.B., another pre-k student, was in that bathroom stall during school hours. This incident was reported by B.B.'s mother to District by and through Christina Cowan ("Cowan"), the pre-k teacher's aide. Cowan assured B.B.'s mother that she would take care of the situation, given that the students' homeroom teacher was out on maternity leave. District did not notify C.C.'s parents of this incident.

Settled for an undisclosed sum and dismissed with prejudice.